Please clarify this for me

Agreed. And I'm not saying that LEO dislikes one more than the other. I am speaking only of the likelihood of it catching their attention at a glance. Driving down the road, glancing at cars that pass me, I am going to noticed a smoked/tinted/Veiled LP cover a lot faster than I am going to notice a Laser Shield. The dark cover simply stands out more. As a cop, as I drove down the street, I looked at two things on the cars passing me: the front LP and the inspection and registration stickers on the windshield. That's a lot to see in a very short time as the car passes you. I didn't have time to inspect the plate, only to see if it was there or not. There is no way I would notice a Laser Shield, but those dark covers stand out like a sore thumb.

Of course, if the officer is behind you and staring down your plate, it doesn't matter what you have, lol. But honestly, few officers really know anything about countermeasures and don't know what the Laser Shield is. Those that know still think they don't work, so they don't really care.

^ Ah, there's the catch - you - wouldn't notice the LaserShield covered plate, but there's been reports, both here in our little community just on this Forum, as well as in greater autodom, that enforcers in LIDAR-heavy areas *do* take notice of this device, even on a "first pass" basis.

Your attitude towards the LaserShield may be prevalent in your own community - but please know that this is not "across the board," and that our own community members here have pursued OTHER means of plate coverage, to circumvent this very issue.

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This is why some here have pursued VEIL'ing their plate and/or plate-cover, and is also, historically, interestingly enough, the reason how the 3M Clear Duct Tape came into use.

To you, in your specific area, via your local practice conventions, the "tinted plate covers" are a no-no, and serve to attract more attention than not. That's totally reasonable.

But it is just as important to note that in other areas, this may well not be the case, and it could be something as theoretically "invisible" as the LaserShield or 3M Clear Duct Tape, that gets the wrong kind of attention.

I'm not here to say that any one such countermeasure is better or worse, more fitting or less.

I truly believe that this is an individual variable, and that what you may do in your area may not fit mine, and that, in-turn, it may not fit another's.